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No matter where you go
or where you look, there is
always some sort of controversy happening in Houston
and the University of
Houston campus.
This year proved to be full
of speakers and protesters
making their voices heard
through speeches and
protests.
It's not because people
want to complain that they
march around town and
make speeches, it's because
they feel there is an issue
that needs to be addressed.
One of the biggest
protests this year happened
right on the campuses of
UH and Texas Southern
University.
Rev. Jesse Jackson lead
TSU students in a march
that started from the TSU
campus all the way to the
UH campus.
Once at the UH campus,
Jackson and other speakers
spoke out on how funding
for the two universities was
unequal.
The University of
Houston receives more
funding and many TSU and
UH students and administrators feel that both universities should receive equal
funding.
Another big issue that was
addressed this year in
Houston was police brutali
ty-
Family and friends, all
Houstonians, came together
with signs, pictures, stories
and voices to speak out
against police brutality in
Houston.
Mothers cried over
remembering sons who had
been brutally beaten by
police and there were victims' rights speakers who
marched along and spoke
out in an effort to make
what may be problem in
Houston more aware.
The Bayou City didn't
lack for issues or voices this
year and it never will.
by Linda Canales
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In November of 1999, Richard L. Babin,
a Houston police officer, was charged
with stealing money, forging documents
and tampering with evidence. He
received only 60 days in the county Jail
with probation, while a regular citizen
would have received five years. This was
enough to enrage some Houstonians.
UH students speak out on the issue Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks on the
of health insurance and why it's UH campus about unfair funding
important that everyone be able between UH and Texas Southern
to afford health insurance. University.
Ltijm Up!
President of Columbia addresses
Houstonians on how the U.S. is giving Columbia funding to fight terrorism and the drug trade,
pftoto by Pin Lim
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